Research methods
Mode, Median, Mean
Definitions
Ch. 1 stuff (review)
Current events
100
This is a limited amount of cases drawn from the larger population. Sometimes they also offer you this when you are debating about what type of ice cream to get.
What is a sample
100
Find the mode of the following numbers: 15, 3, 16, 18, 7, 3, 11, 9
What is 3
100
An educated guess or a testable statement in the research procedure
What is a hypotheses
100
The investigation of human social behavior from a group rather than individual perspective. It concentrates on patterns of social relationships primarily in modern societies.
What is sociology
100
This HBO TV show recently cleaned up at the Emmys, winning 12 trophies for a second straight year: "Game of ________"
What is Thrones
200
This is a written set of questions that survey participants answer by themselves.
What is a questionnaire
200
Find the mean of the following numbers: 10, 20, 30, 40
What is 25
200
This is simply a measure of how things are related to one another such as when a change in one trait causes a change in another trait.
What is a correlation
200
This Frenchy is called the father of sociology
Who is August Comte
200
This MLB team, which hasn't won the World Series since 1908, currently has the best record for the 2016 season, leaving the Wrigley faithful hoping this is the year they reverse the curse.
Who are the Chicago Cubs
300
This is when a trained interviewer asks questions and records the answers
What is an interview
300
Find the median of the following numbers: 2, 5, 13, 20, 25
What is 13
300
This is a characteristic - such as age, education, or occupation - that is subject to change. They can be be independent or dependent.
What is a variable
300
This is when individuals can see the link between society and self
What is sociological imagination or verstehen
300
Current Tom Hanks movie in the theater in which he plays a pilot who miraculously lands a jet on the Hudson River in 2009.
What is "Sully"
400
This is a type of research method by sociologists in which they may use numerical data to aid their study.
What is quantitative
400
Need a calculator for this question and you will have 15 seconds: The grades on a student's sociology quiz for a six-week period were 99 percent, 99 percent, 68 percent, 99 percent, 75 percent, and 80 percent. What is the mean score if you round up to the nearest 10th?
What is 87 percent
400
Type of research method in which a person answers are choosing from a limited, predetermined set of responses. An example would be multiple choice questions.
What is closed-ended questions
400
The hidden or unintended consequence of an action - such as developing friendships at school.
What are latent functions
400
This country is upsetting many by violating United Nations by testing nuclear weapons -having done as many as five of them.
What is North Korea
500
This is used to investigate aspects of social life that are best understood in a natural study - such as participant observation or a case study
What is Field research
500
Need a calculator for this question and you will have 15 seconds: The grades on a student's sociology quiz for a six-week period were 99 percent, 99 percent, 68 percent, 99 percent, 75 percent, and 80 percent. What is the median?
What is 89.5 (80 + 99)/2
500
The use of existing information as a method of collecting data, this is often the type of analysis that sociologists use.
What is secondary analysis
500
He thought there would be a power struggle in which the proletariat would overthrow the bourgeoisie. His beliefs are the basis of the Conflict Theory.
Who is Karl Marx
500
The Republican VP candidate
Who is Mike Pence
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